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Dec 13, 2005 | 10:57 PM

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mid length or shorties ?

ok Im looking at a set of mid length and shorties and see little or no difference. my first question is what is the difference ? next question is can I go full length or LTs without sacraficing clearance , as I am sporting sportlines and Im sitting pretty low. and finally which would best compliment a turbo application ?

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Dec 13, 2005 | 11:06 PM

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I don't think you could do longtubes with a 2" drop and have any decent amount of ground clearace. Go witht the mid-length tubes, shorties won't net much power, your stock manifolds on your 2001 SS are actually better flowing than you think. Shorties wouldn't be a good $-power investment.

Dec 13, 2005 | 11:59 PM

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damn the bad luck sucks you cant have it all heh? so whats the dif between mids and shortys since I cant see much of a difference at all visually ? I have been leading towards the mids anyhow because the car is lowered and I had shortys on my old car a 2000 SS. and lost a lot of low end and gained a little high end. will I still lose low end with the mids ?

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Dec 14, 2005 | 12:01 AM

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PS: how hard would it be to customize LTs to get clearance ??

Dec 14, 2005 | 12:04 AM

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im lowered with LTs, never had clearence problems. LTs might be fine if u run a sts kit, but if u will have a turbo in the bay then u shouldnt worry about headers.

Dec 14, 2005 | 01:00 AM

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Just got to find some LT's that tuck up really nice. Most of them do. I would stay away from SLP's cause they hang way to low. Other than that its up to you and your budget.

Dec 14, 2005 | 01:38 AM

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I have Jet Hot long tubes and my side scurts would hit the ground before my headers. They havn't, I'm just saying.

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Dec 15, 2005 | 05:29 PM

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Everybody is lowered with londtubes and if you get a new system and take care of them you will be ok

Dec 15, 2005 | 06:29 PM

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one of the locals in vegas has an STS, and he switched his SLP LTs to the stock manifolds; said they were better for turbos. he's a turbo guru and pushing about 625 rwhp so maybe you don't need exhaust manifolds if you plan on re-installing that STS.